> I suspect having the inbound changeset is useful for someone doing regression
> hunting (ie, looking between merges)?

It's the same hash on inbound and central, so I don't see why this
would matter.  For example,

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8ebfc639c69f
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/8ebfc639c69f

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Justin Dolske <dol...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> On 10/8/12 11:09 AM, Kevin Brosnan wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Gavin this makes reading a bug much simpler when it comes
>> to understanding where a patch has landed especially when backouts
>> occur. The information is added for other readers of the bug not the
>> developer of the patch.
>
>
> I concur and dissent. ;)
>
> The info is generally useful, especially in the current system. So I'd
> encourage people to keep adding "Pushed to inbound: <changeset url>" or some
> flavor thereof. It's helpful for determining what's happened/happening to a
> bug, 10x when backouts are involved. I suspect having the inbound changeset
> is useful for someone doing regression hunting (ie, looking between merges)?
>
> OTOH, there's room for improvement as more automation becomes involved,
> particularly for the simple case of land-merge-done. If a single, automated,
> post-merge comment just noted everything, that would be peachy. As would a
> single "landed, oops, backed out" note.
>
> tl;dr: seems like useful info, but am not too hung up on the details. :)
>
> Justin
>
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